Summary: After you are saved, your goal is to grow in relationship with Jesus, with other saints, in godliness, and to work out your salvation. Sanctification is the process the Holy Spirit guides you through until you meet Jesus. Introduction In my last post, I described being a disciple of…
Image by Tayeb MEZAHDIA from Pixabay Has anybody over used the phrase, “In a perfect world…” The problem is that we don’t live in a perfect world. And we never will until Jesus comes back and makes the new heavens and new earth. Perfect is the impossible goal that everybody…
Image by SplitShire from Pixabay What does “make you holy” mean in the Bible? The concept of making a person holy is one of the main themes of Scripture. It falls under the subject of sanctification, a theological word describing the process of becoming holy. Holiness is one of the…
Image by Frauke Feind from Pixabay Everybody is concerned about their image. Our culture tells people that they are overweight. Multiple commercials bombard us in the middle of every TV show break touting this weight-loss system or that one. But the thing is that we all know food is only…
What are the steps a person takes from being a nonbeliever to being conformed to Christ? Many people don’t talk about the entire process from start to finish of how God draws us to him and then sanctifies us after salvation. There are various steps out there but, in general,…
Do unbelievers experience the same process that believers do with God’s grace and judgment? For unbelievers, it is a different process. But it has the same goal. God’s goal is that every human being comes to know, love, and serve him with every fiber of their being. To that end,…
Image by skalekar1992 from Pixabay We are almost two months into the New Year. Many people have a New Year’s resolution that they begin, and by this time, have given up at least one of them. Everyone talks about how to make New Year’s resolutions more lasting and effective. The…
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay It’s amazing how far we’ve come in travel. Just 200 years ago, we were subject to horseback and wagons. But now we have trains, planes, and automobiles. The speed of life has increased because of our travel options. The amount of ground we can cover…
Image by Elias Sch. from Pixabay Even among Christians there are different messages about holiness. Some talk about sin and the flesh putting up a constant battle against the Christian. They say a life seeking holiness will struggle to maintain it. We try but we fail. But does the Bible…
Image by jacqueline macou from Pixabay There tends to be a debate among Christians concerning works and faith. I talked about that in a previous post. But there are other questions about how holiness actually happens in our character and deeds. Paul tells us to work out our salvation with…
